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What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn? You want to yawn, too! Yawning iscontagious.

Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start to yawn when they see others yawning. That's why scientists think yawning is contagious.

It’s no secret that yawning is contagious, but why do we yawn? Well, scientists are not really sure.

Some think we yawn because we feel bored. Others believe yawning has something to do with breathing. When there is too much carbon dioxide(CO2) in our bodies, our bodies will tell the brains to breathe deeply. That causes a big yawn.

In 2007, scientists said people yawned to cool down their brains. These scientists found people yawned more often if they were warmer than others.

Scientists are still trying to find out why yawning happens and why it is so contagious. But they are only sure that when one person yawns, immediately everyone else nearby wants to yawn, too.

1The underlined word "contagious" in Paragraph 1 means__________.

A. helpful to our health B. passing from one person to another

C. hard to understand D. getting into one trouble after another

2According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are__________.

A. born B. one year old C. 17 or 19 years old D. inside their mothers

3Which of the following is NOT RIGHT according to the passage? __________

A. People yawn to catch others' attention. B. People yawn because they are bored.

C. People yawn to cool down their brains. D. People yawn to get rid of carbon dioxide.

4We can probably read this passage in a__________.

A. story book B. movie poster C. science magazine D. travel guidebook

【答案】

1B

2D

3A

4C

【解析】文章讲述了人们打哈欠的事情。

1根据 when you see someone yawn, You want to yawn, too!可知是传染,传递;故选B

2根据The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother.故选D

3根据Some think we yawn because we feel bored.可知B对;根据scientists said people yawned to cool down their brains. 可知C对;根据Others believe yawning has something to do with breathing. When there is too much carbon dioxide(CO2) in our bodies, our bodies will tell the brains to breathe deeply. That causes a big yawn.可知D对,故选A

4根据文章讲述了人们打哈欠的事情。是关于科学的事情;故选C

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【题目】You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years.

One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves. Some day you may not need to drive a car. You will just tell the car where you want to go and it will drive itself.

Google

The American company Google has been working on a self-driving automobile for years. These cars are already on the roads in the United States, mainly in California.

Google cars are truly self-driving. These cars have no steering wheels(方向盘) or pedals(刹车踏板).

Last week, police ordered one of Google’s cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The car was not against any law, so no one was punished. But police did speak to the operators of the vehicle(车辆).

According to Google, its self-driving cars have been driven nearly 2 million kilometers. That is equal to the distance the average person drives in 90 years.

So far, no Google self-driving car has gotten a traffic ticket. Some of them have been in accidents when other cars hit them.

Tesla

Another American company, Tesla, added an “Autopilot(自动驾驶仪)” feature to its cars last month. Tesla put the feature, a computer software program, in cars that were built after September 2014.

With the Autopilot turned on, the vehicle drives itself. The car will speed up, slow down, brake and steer by itself.

You can take over driving any time by turning the steering wheel or touching a pedal. Your car will slow down if the vehicle in front of you gets closer. It will turn at bends and change lanes if you use the turn signal.

Tesla Autopilot takes over driving at speeds over 29 kilometers per hour when you press a button twice. Autopilot is made for cross-country driving. It keeps you in the lane and helps you avoid hitting other cars.

Other Self-Driving Cars and Buses

Other companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Volvo and Toyota are working on self-driving cars. Another company called BestMile is also working on self-driving buses in Switzerland. The buses can hold up to nine people and will be tested for two years.

1What is the meaning of traffic ticket in Chinese?

A. 车票。 B. 油票。 C. 交通罚单。 D. 彩票。

2 How far does an average person drive in a year according to the passage?

A. About 2 million kilometres.

B. About 22,000 kilometres.

C. About 90 million kilometres.

D. About 180 kilometres.

3How many companies are working on self-driving vehicles in all according the passage?

A. Two. B. Five. C. Eight. D. Seven.

4 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Google cars have pedals.

B. Google cars hit some other cars.

C. All car companies in the world are working on self-driving cars.

D. There is an “Autopilot” in Tesla self-driving cars after September 2014.

5Which of the following can be the best tittle of the passage?

A. What’s your favourite car?

B. Will your next car drive itself?

C. What’s the best car?

D. Do you need a self-driving car?

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O. Henry was a pen name of an American writer. He wrote short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money was lost from the bank, others believed O. Henry took it. So people sent him to prison﹡. He stayed in prison for three years. There he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because they always finished with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise﹡.

1In which order did O. Henry do the following things? __________

a. Lived in New York b. Worked in a bank c. Traveled to Texas

d. Was put in prison e. Had a newspaper job f. Learned to write stories

A. c, e, b, d, f, a B. e, c, f, b, d, a C. e, b, d, c, a, f D. c, b, e, d, a, f

2O. Henry went to prison because__________.

A. he didn’t use his real name.

B. he took money from the newspaper.

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners.

D. people thought he took the money from the bank.

3People enjoyed reading O. Henry's stories because__________.

A. they had surprising endings. B. they were easy to understand.

C. they showed his love for the poor. D. they were about New York City

4Where did O. Henry mostly write for his short stories? __________

A. The newspaper articles. B. His life inside the prison.

C. The city and people of New York. D. His exciting early life as a boy.

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